Understanding Aperture

Small Depth of Field

f/5.0
1/60
ISO 800

Large Depth of Field

f/11.0

1/60

ISO 800

What is aperture?

The size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken.

How aperture works both technically and visually:

Aperture is measured in "f stops". The lower your f stop is, the wider the aperture is. It lets in more light. 

Relationship to the exposure triangle:

Aperture is at the top of the triangle and helps with the lighting in pictures. 

Photo Themes Part 2

This was a hard but fun project. You really had to think about what would represent the theme clearly in your mind. Themes like ugly, pride, hope, and sounds were really hard to depict. 

I like the end result. I was able to semi-organize all of the pictures in a certain way in the collage.

One of my favorite picture is the one underneath the flower in the middle: patriotic. It took about 50 tries to get the perfect firebird (a dance move). I either took the picture too early or took it too late. After a while we both were annoyed, so we decided we'd try one more time, and sure enough, on the last try, we got the perfect picture. 

Peer Portrait Sketchbook